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Monday, May 18, 2009

An Enormous Tea Storage Jar By Shin Hyun Churl

This jar is the biggest one has ever seen! To give you a reference on size, it came up to around ones waist. You could surely store a small child in here or, better yet, a tonne of tea!

This massive white jar doesn't overwhelm though. Its soft natural white glaze beautifully drapes over its ash flecked sides in noticeable but not standoutish globs. Along with the ornate, signature Shin Hyun Churl lotus flower knob and a few ridges that circumnavigate the base, this pieces does its best to balance its massive size and makes some strides toward grace.

5 comments:

Anonymous
said...

Can we keep different teas ? for example green teas, oolongs and pu er together ? or is it better to keep one kind for one jar ? .... it must be nice to have one so big just on the floor inside the house ¨ginkgo

The dripping glaze at the near bottom of this vase is breath taking. Almost have a same feeling of the famous Moon vase from Korea, although is big in size, but it blends into the environment, thus creating harmony. Beautiful! Thanks again for sharing. -T

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